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Posted by Amit Shamis
In a world dominated by big budget TV ads for shoes, especially snickers it is not easy creating shoe ads in print and outdoor. The funny thing is that it is as hard or difficult as it has always been. In other words, if you have a good idea the medium does not really...
Posted by Amit Shamis
Divs are currently the primary building block of much of what we do on the web and a lot of what we do on mobile. But are Divs exactly, and how do they work?
What is a Div?
Searching around the web I found this definition of what a Div is: DIV – Generic...
Posted by Amit Shamis
For those who have been using Adobe Photoshop for a while, the Pixel Grid View mode is one of those “what were they thinking about?!” features.
The way this feature works is: when you zoom in over 600% instead of seeing just the image you see an overlay of...
Posted by Amit Shamis
To be sure, there is a wealth of themes out there, for almost every occasion and need, and that actually makes it more difficult to find the right theme for your project.
The problem is especially clear when it comes to running your own media site, blog, or magazine,...
Posted by Amit Shamis
“What’s all the rage?” my colleague asked me, “…one page sites, what’s so special about that…” he continued. So, I paused and thought of a good enough answer…
Well, I can’t really say that there is something...
Posted by Amit Shamis
A lot of work that “web designers” do these days is not actually for the web, but rather for mobile devices, and a good portion of this work is for Apple ios devices.
Originally ios had one look for most components of the iOS operating system, but those...
Posted by Amit Shamis
Welcome to another edition of 7 Questions where we host community and industry leaders talking to them about the burning issues of the day. I am thrilled to welcome to this latest edition, one of the great voices of the online web design community: Jacob Gube.
Jacob...
Posted by Amit Shamis
When did you last work on your resume? I ask this because:
1. You should always have a resume handy for when you’ll need it on short notice.
2. If it has been a while, you should know that things have changed, at least for those working in design (Web, UX, Print...